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Have you ever noticed a custom signature like the one [[User:ASDamick|Rdr. Andrew]] uses on discussion pages? If you want to know how to do it, here's how:
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Have you ever noticed a custom signature like the one [[User:ASDamick|Dcn. Andrew]] uses on discussion pages? If you want to know how to do it, here's how:
  
 
#Go to your user page. It should be something like '''<nowiki>http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User:Name</nowiki>''', where Name is your username
 
#Go to your user page. It should be something like '''<nowiki>http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User:Name</nowiki>''', where Name is your username
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#This should prompt you to create a new article '''User:Name/sig'''
 
#This should prompt you to create a new article '''User:Name/sig'''
 
#You can start the article by clicking on the link that says something like '''Start the Name/sig article'''. In reality, you can call the article anything you like
 
#You can start the article by clicking on the link that says something like '''Start the Name/sig article'''. In reality, you can call the article anything you like
#Copy and/or modify this sample custom signature or view other's custom signatures for ideas (e.g. [[User:ASDamick/sig|Rdr. Andrew]]'s or [[User:Joe Rodgers/sig|Joe Rodger]]'s):
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#Copy and/or modify this sample custom signature or view other's custom signatures for ideas (e.g. [[User:ASDamick/sig|Dcn. Andrew]]'s or [[User:Joe Rodgers/sig|Joe Rodger]]'s):
 
#*'''<nowiki>[[User:Name|<strong>Your Name or Nickname</strong>]] <sup> [[User talk:Name|talk]] [[Special:Contributions?target=Name|contribs]] </sup></nowiki>'''
 
#*'''<nowiki>[[User:Name|<strong>Your Name or Nickname</strong>]] <sup> [[User talk:Name|talk]] [[Special:Contributions?target=Name|contribs]] </sup></nowiki>'''
#*This sample would produce a signature similiar to this: &mdash;[[Special:Listusers|<strong>Name</strong>]] <sup> [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Anything Goes|talk]] [[Special:Recentchanges|contribs]]</sup> 12:00, 16 Jun 2005 (EDT)
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#*This sample would produce a signature similar to this: &mdash;[[Special:Listusers|<strong>Name</strong>]] <sup> [[OrthodoxWiki talk:Anything Goes|talk]] [[Special:Recentchanges|contribs]]</sup> 12:00, 16 Jun 2005 (EDT)
 
#Paste your modified version in your /sig article and save the page
 
#Paste your modified version in your /sig article and save the page
 
#Go to your [[Special:Preferences|preferences]] page
 
#Go to your [[Special:Preferences|preferences]] page
#Under User data, look for the box that say's "Your nickname (for signatures):"
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#Under User data, look for the box that says "Your nickname (for signatures):"
#Type '''<nowiki>{{User:Name/sig}}</nowiki>''' in that box and save your preferences
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#Type '''<nowiki>{{User:Name/sig}}</nowiki>''' in that box, check the box that reads "Raw signatures (without automatic link)," and save your preferences
 
#Now whenever you are talking on a discussion page and press the signature button on the editing bar, it will have your custom signature on it
 
#Now whenever you are talking on a discussion page and press the signature button on the editing bar, it will have your custom signature on it
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Latest revision as of 20:28, June 20, 2008

Have you ever noticed a custom signature like the one Dcn. Andrew uses on discussion pages? If you want to know how to do it, here's how:

  1. Go to your user page. It should be something like http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User:Name, where Name is your username
  2. Create an article by typing /sig after your user name in your browser's address bar. For example: http://www.orthodoxwiki.org/User:Name/sig
  3. This should prompt you to create a new article User:Name/sig
  4. You can start the article by clicking on the link that says something like Start the Name/sig article. In reality, you can call the article anything you like
  5. Copy and/or modify this sample custom signature or view other's custom signatures for ideas (e.g. Dcn. Andrew's or Joe Rodger's):
    • [[User:Name|<strong>Your Name or Nickname</strong>]] <sup> [[User talk:Name|talk]] [[Special:Contributions?target=Name|contribs]] </sup>
    • This sample would produce a signature similar to this: —Name talk contribs 12:00, 16 Jun 2005 (EDT)
  6. Paste your modified version in your /sig article and save the page
  7. Go to your preferences page
  8. Under User data, look for the box that says "Your nickname (for signatures):"
  9. Type {{User:Name/sig}} in that box, check the box that reads "Raw signatures (without automatic link)," and save your preferences
  10. Now whenever you are talking on a discussion page and press the signature button on the editing bar, it will have your custom signature on it